A 41-Win Streak Ends in New Jersey

Mia Ventura of Gracie Barra Katy needs only two matches to produce the weekend's biggest MVP Jits gain. Both end by submission, including the win that snaps Sophie Alessandra Garcia's 19-match streak. Two matches, two finishes, one streak broken.

Meanwhile in Wichita, Jacob K Slate absorbs two losses and still walks out with gold after ten wins and eight submissions. At AGF Bend, Skyler Jacobi goes 7-0 for Clarks University, which sends 46 fighters to Redmond and brings home 59 medals. And Hezekiyah Elnatan Chasin Tripp of TAC Team BJJ beats Nikolai Hynson of The Forge BJJ five separate times at AGF Wichita — two by submission, one by points, and two more by submission. Hynson entered at 3,290 Jits. Tripp started at 1,240.

Grappling Industries Washington State produces the weekend's deepest runs. Lukas Nelson and Samwise Curtis, both from ON GUARD BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU, each win six straight in their divisions. Curtis does it twice — six wins in two separate brackets, twelve bracket wins total. Olivia Sophia Kaur Toor of Apex Martial Arts runs five in two divisions as well.

At Grappling Industries New Jersey, Anthony Grimshaw of Shogun Martial Arts and Jackson Schmidt of Victory MMA each sweep six-win brackets. Schmidt goes 6-0 for the weekend and gains +5,600 Jits. The Cinderella of the weekend: Sicily Thomas grinds through seven matches at AGF Wichita, ranked 113th out of 121 fighters entering.

The streak-breaking weekend extends beyond Taha's 41-0. Noel Jeronimo Ortiz (24-0) loses to Ulianna Bautista at Newbreed Charlotte. Ethan Brito (22-0) falls to Abdrakhim Kairat at Houston XIV Gi Youth. Mason Lux (20-0) loses to Olivia WATSON at Grappling Industries Washington State. Five streaks above 16 wins — all broken on the same weekend.

Rhett Hardman of Lionheart MMA carries a 5,330-Jits rating into Newbreed Charlotte. He loses three times — twice to Mika Melts of Alliance Lucas Lepri and once to Ulianna Bautista by submission. Three upsets against the same fighter in the same bracket.

Pablo Silva BJJ puts up the single most dominant academy performance of the season: 141 medals from 174 fighters across JJWL Houston XIV Gi and No Gi. Seventy gold. Connection Rio Jiu Jitsu Academy runs the most efficient operation — 65 medals from 28 fighters, a 2.3 medals-per-fighter rate — at AGF Bend. Method Jiu Jitsu earns 33 medals at Grappling Industries New Jersey with a 70% gold rate.

Brody Bienkowski of Prodigy Jiu Jitsu gains +6,820 Jits on a perfect 4-0 weekend at NAGA Worlds — the biggest single-weekend move across all fifteen tournaments. Jordan Handwerger of Method Jiu Jitsu goes 6-3 for +6,230 Jits at Grappling Industries New Jersey. Levi Garrison of Twin Wolves MMA goes 5-0 for +6,160 Jits.

On the drops side, Sofia Cira takes the hardest fall: -3,820 Jits on a 1-6 weekend. Mattis Maloney of Black Hole Jiu Jitsu drops -3,160 Jits on a 1-6 weekend of his own.

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Pablo Silva BJJ's 141-medal weekend at JJWL Houston sets a high-water mark for single-academy tournament output this season. The question now is whether any academy can match it at the next JJWL event. Houston keeps producing the deepest fields in youth jiu-jitsu.